Matt Bowen urged managers to keep Alec Pierce on speed dial. Pierce led the league with 22.3 yards per catch and 21.6 air yards per target last year, posting three 21-plus-point fantasy outings despite only 37 receptions. He sits fourth on the target totem pole behind Michael Pittman Jr., Josh Downs, and Adonai Mitchell, but Bowen argued any injury ahead of him would expand his route tree and give him weekly WR3 upside in Indianapolis’ vertical scheme.

Matt Bowen pushed Ray Davis as a top stash, pointing to last year’s Week 6 tape against the Jets where Davis racked up 152 total yards on 23 touches, including 55 receiving on three catches, good for 18.2 fantasy points. Six double-digit games while backing up James Cook showed what the downhill runner can do in Buffalo’s up-tempo scheme. Bowen noted Davis’ quick press at the line and north-south burst, projecting him as a plug-and-play RB2 the moment Cook—currently in a contract standoff—misses time.